Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF Fri-Yay/Good News

~ John W. Howell
Today’s good news story comes from the Good News Network

One-eyed Cat Missing For 5 Years Shows Up on Offshore Oil Rig Baffling Owners
By Andy Corbley -Apr 28, 2022

Scottish SPCA

A five-year odyssey for a cat named Dexter seems to have finally come to an end after a long, covert stay at a prison was interrupted by his arrival onboard an offshore oil rig, which finally resulted in a call to animal services.

The cat was a regular “well-loved” hang about at Her Majesty’s Prison Grampian in Peterhead, Scotland, where staff used to “fuss over” him and even gave him the nickname One-eyed Joe.

Then a most unexplainable thing happened: One-eyed Joe somehow ended up in a shipping container a mile-and-a-half away at the town’s port before being shipped onto an offshore oil rig, where workers “ran away frightened” after the all-black cat jumped out of the container.

After filling out an incident card, (which must have been humorous) the staff aboard the rig took to Joe most kindly, who was now quite comfortable with living alongside the rig workers. According to The National Scot Newspaper, he was “spoiled rotten” during his time there.

Eventually, though, someone called the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Aberdeen, who retrieved Joe after the cat had been flown off the rig on a helicopter—a remarkable feat considering how hard it is normally just to get a cat into a carrier.

“We were alerted to an incident of a cat being found in a shipping container offshore,” Aimee Findlay, a Scottish SPCA animal rescue officer, said in a statement. “We’ve no idea how the cat ended up there but attended the heliport to collect him.”

One-eyed Joe was microchipped, and upon scanning the staff learned his name was actually Dexter, and that his owner had lost the cat five years ago.

“We are so glad that he was well looked after for the time he was missing but we’re even more delighted to be able to reunite him with his original owner, thanks to his microchip being up to date,” Findlay said.

The good news here is Deter was well taken care of and eventually united with his family. This week’s JohnKu talks about not giving up.

Faith by John W. Howell © 2022

If a loved one is lost,

Have faith that they will return . . .

Remember Dexter.

 

78 thoughts on “Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF Fri-Yay/Good News”

  6. I agree with Frank. I’d love to hear all about his five-year adventure. It’s wonderful that so many people took good care of him while he was gone. I hope his original owners didn’t initially try to get rid of him and are happy to have him back.

    Thanks for my Friday smile, John.

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  20. What a tale! Cats do like any kind of “container.” Can you imagine how the workers reacted with a black cat jumping out? He must have been anxious to get out. Glad he was taken care of along the way and adapted to circumstances as they came. And chipped! I have a fondness for black cats and have had several. TGIF to you! Thanks for the good stuff – news has been bleak this week.

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  23. I love your JohnKu today, and I especially love the story of Dexter/One-Eyed Joe. He had quite the adventures for five years. Imagine if he could talk, what stories he would have to share!

    I so glad he was reunited with his family and I hope he is still be spoiled rotten. A great FriYay, John!

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  30. Nobody can escape. Now he has been chipped. Lol He could also become the mascott of a conspiracy theory. 😉 Thanks for this very nice story. It’s statement for the seven lives of a cat. Best wishes, have a great weekend, John! xx Michael

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  33. Great story, John. I smiled when I thought of the incident card and what it would say. We have to write incident reports at the library – no cats though! Thanks for sharing this and making me smile 🙂

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